After a surprise visit to the District Headquarters Hospital in Sheikhupura, the Punjab health director-general has served show-cause notices to 38 senior doctors and consultants.

All these doctors were not at the hospital despite being scheduled to be on duty.

The doctors and consultants have three days to submit explanations to the health department for their absences.

The doctors who have been served notices are:

Dr Abdul BariDr Muhammad UmerDr Muhammad Adil ChathaDr Rabia ParvezDr Abdul QayyumDr Rashid AliDr Muhammad HussainDr Robina AliDr Faryal SiddiqueDr Farooq AhmadDr M Naeem QureshiDr Khawar RafiqueDr M ShafiqueDr M ArifDr Nabeela KosarDr Anwar ZaibDr Adnan Qaiser MalikDr Naimat UllahDr Fariha KhanDr Saniha JavedDr Muhammad Ahmed AsgharDr Maheen IrfanDr Shahzad Umer FarooqDr Faiza AfzaalDr Ambreen AslamDr Sagheer HussainDr SumeraDr Arif Bilal BuzdarDr Hafiz M Tanveer AslamDr Sajid Mumtaz SialDr Muhammad Rizwan AliDr Muhammad FareedDr Muhammad YounisDr Nauman Shahbaz SiddiqueDr Muhammad AsifDr Humair Latif Dr Roomesa Amanat Teams have been formed at the health department to pay surprise visits to public hospitals across Punjab and ensure doctors are on duty.